by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas
Au milieu du jardin la fleur que je...
Language: French (Français)
Au milieu du jardin la fleur que je désire s' entr' ouvre en ce moment, et la brise tout bas sous les tilleuls soupire dans un frissonnement. Errant entre ses bords, sur le gravier encore l' eau brillante bruit, mais le rayon du jour, hélas! Qui s' évapore va céder à la nuit.
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Text Authorship:
- by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, written 1899-1901, appears in Les Stances, in 6. Stances, sixième livre, no. 6, Paris, Éd. de la Plume, first published 1901 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Au milieu du jardin", 1927, published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Sonatines vocales sur des poèmes de Jean Moréas - 2. Fleurs, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "La Fleur que je désire" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Au milieu du jardin", P. 90 no. 3 (1909), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Sei liriche, prima serie, no. 3, Milan, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "In the middle of the garden", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Mitten im Garten öffnet sich gerade jene Blüte", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
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